New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-18
OBITUARY.
COLONEL JOSEPH crLLEY.

BosTov. Sept II tSpcciah. Colonel Jo'eph Cilley,
of nottingham. N. e., who died at his home on
Friday morong. was man OF distinction IN many
rn>pects He was the oldest ex-senator OF the United
States The first antIssvery Senator 10 Congress
aud wac q veteran OF the War OF 1872. His ancestors
wer. OF much note In New HAMPSHIRE the gre It
grandfather having settled 10 Nottingham 10 l'ZS,
and the grandfather General Joseph Cilley. having
won tsme as Revolutionary hero AID an officer on
tse stat nf Washington Ills brother jonathan
Cilloy who while \ member OF Congress from Maine
was killed in duel IN 1888 near Wasbir eton. was
OF note in that bis riog words against slavery are
said to havo been the OF his untimely uoath.
Joseph C,ley was born II Nottingham on JANUARY 4.
1901. In 1912 he entered the army as ensIsn and
fought at Sacketts Harbor. tn ppe Va aud Laudys
Lane. In this last en- gagem-nt he wa, lieutenant
acting IS cap Am n tho regiment ct Col"nel James
Miller. and lei q company ia the heroic charge on the
Britt. b battery which has made memorable the namo
of Miller tn his isconc III try, sir. response to
his Genssas question it he could silence .he Engll.n
guns. While defending tho new position CAPTAIN
Ciey struck by solid -bot, sustaining irac-
ture OF the lett thigh. which resu ted In pernanent
lsmenes At Detroit he lost the sight OF eye by an
explosion of powder in Magazine. In 1Sl he re-
signed his military compisson. In 1S46 being nom
mated for Governor by the Wbig convention he 90
oned tn be their candidate but the same year he vas
elected by the legislature To bl tue vacancy ctused
BY the resignation of Levi Woodbury.. His Senatorial
term short. but enabled him to form many pleas
ing acqusintauces with Webster, Calhoun, Benton
and Others At the close OF hiS Senatorial service
Colonel Cilley returnd to hs farm As earv as lSZO
cast the only Abolition vote 10 his town. He WA the
first Aboiopist who held a seat in the Unitrd States
Senate and Ion before the voice ct John Hale ana
Charles Sumner heard In the Senate Cilloy 5000
single handed and alone 10 that body With Joshua Is;
Gidaings iu the House. and pleaded for liberty anu
the inalienable rights of man.
REAR ADMIRAL J. T. MADISON MULLANf.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept IT tspeciab.-Rear Admira
J. r. Madison Mullany died at Bryn Mawr this after
noon, ago seventy years. He entered tho navy a.
midshipman January 7, 1882. Ho was promoted
to passed midshipman In Juno, 1898; lieutenant In
F,b uary, 1874 commander In o. to5er 1851 captain
In July, 1866, and commodore In August 1870 Dur
ing the Rebellion no commanded tho steamer Wysn-
dotto, sailing ship supply and the steamers Oneida
ard envile. lie captured e.cven blockade runners
all under tho British flag lie returned 10 PhLadoi.
phia with tho steamer Bienvilo In May, 1850, ana
~ umtd cha go OF the Ordnance department. AZ inc
New ork Navy Yard. where no ron.ancd for three
years. lie III scquently commanded tho steamship
Richmond for three years and tic Mediterranean
Sauadro on OF tho European feet year, and To-
turned to the Uniod a es In November. 1871: w
October 5, 1872, he took command OF the Navy iau,
and subsequently in charge of the League isiaha
Naval Stations, which he was ordered 70 tho
Naval Asyium goverGo. sh VIII ch he u until o.,o
Der 81. 1870, when no vaca ell that pOs'tion anu
was placed upon the retired list